Description: Two piece black wool tuxedo suit with a faint striped weave. Jacket once had satin lapels but they have been removed. Label reads: "AM Shire Tailor, BH Maine". Second label reads: "George M Mckny May 9 1932"
Description: Black wool tuxedo jacket with satin lapels and black wool pants. Labels reads: "A.M. Shiro Bar Harbor M.E." and "J.H. Butterfield". Belonged to John Haskel Butterfield.
Description: Black Effanbee Doll also called "Topsy" after the character in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Composition body with painted on features and some hair.
Description: Composition head with blue sleeping eyes, open mouth with teeth, and molded painted blonde hair. Composition limbs with a cloth body. Wears a polka dot dress with a red bow and stripe. Maker's mark reads "E.I.H. Co. Inc."
Description: Hand-Colored Wood Engraving Print signed by Horace Albright, who was Assistant Secretary of N.P. Given to Ben Hadley, Superintendent of Acadia National Park on July 4, 1937.
Description: White wool purse with an etched sterling triangle clasp. Made by Fred Harvey and owned by Beatrix Farrand. Found inside purse is a handkerchief belonging to Farrand , a bobby pin, and a hand mirror.
Object, Musical, Keyboard Instrument, Piano, Grand Piano
Creator:
Henry F. Miller Boston
Date:
1900 - 1930c
Description: Henry F. Miller grand piano with scrolled legs, a music holder, and a hinged folding top cover. Played by Ignacy Paderewski in the Building of Arts.
Description: Bisque head with blonde hair, open mouth, glass brown sleeping eyes, painted features including eyelashes. Wearing a white gown with a floral pattern and a green bonnet. Makers mark on nape of neck reads "257. JDK." and below on the doll's back reads "Made in Germany 44"
Description: Yellow tobacco tin with illustration of woman in a red dress on top cover. Top cover reads: "Sliced Cut Plug. Dill's Best Smoking Tobacco J.G. Dill Co. Richmond, VA, U.S.A."
Description: Yellow tobacco tin with illustration of woman in a red dress on top cover. Top cover reads: "Sliced Cut Plug. Dill's Best Smoking Tobacco J.G. Dill Co. Richmond, VA., U.S.A."
Description: Yellow tobacco tin with illustration of woman in a red dress on top cover. Top cover reads: "Sliced Cut Plug. Dill's Best Smoking Tobacco J.G. Dill Co. Richmond, VA., U.S.A."
Description: Two piece black tuxedo suit. Jacket has black satin lapels. Pants have a satin braided stripe. Tags say, "JW International Tailoring Co. Chicago" and "John Millar 89 main St. Bar Harbor Maine Made for John Walls April 1930".
Description: Coffee cream Crepe de Chine negligee with tan lace on kimono sleeves and a matching belt. Label reads: "Lady Duff Negligees Paris New York"
Description: Black and white photograph of The Briars, slightly obscured by trees. The Briars was a summer cottage near the Shore Path, Bar Harbor, built for J. Montgomery Sears in 1881 and designed by architect William Ralph Emerson. It was later occupied by Evalyn Walsh McLean. The house was torn down around 1968. Writing on the back of the photograph reads: The Briars, Sears, McLean E.B. McLean, Shore Path Please return to Palmer + Hall Real Estate + Insurance 28 Cottage St. Bar Harbor, Maine [show more]
Description: Black and white photograph of The Briars, a Shingle Style summer cottage located along the Shore Path, Bar Harbor. The Briars was designed by architect William Ralph Emerson of Boston, and was built for J. Montgomery Sears. The house was razed around 1968.
Description: Red rayon crepe evening dress with gold and clear glass bead on a green yolk and collar. Keyhole in front neckline and a belt shaped bust line.